United States Senate election in Idaho, 2014
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2014 United States Senate election in Idaho was held on November 4, 2014 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Idaho, concurrently with the election of the Governor of Idaho, other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.
Incumbent Republican Senator Jim Risch ran for re-election to a second term in office. In primary elections held on May 20, 2014, Risch was renominated and the Democrats nominated attorney Nels Mitchell. Risch defeated Mitchell by a landslide in the general election.
Contents
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
Results
| Republican primary results[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Jim Risch | 118,927 | 79.91 | |
| Republican | Jeremy Anderson | 29,897 | 20.09 | |
| Total votes | 148,824 | 100 | ||
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
- William Bryk, attorney from New York and perennial candidate[1]
- Nels Mitchell, attorney[4]
Results
| Democratic primary results[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Nels Mitchell | 16,905 | 69.6 | |
| Democratic | William Bryk | 7,383 | 30.4 | |
| Total votes | 24,288 | 100 | ||
General election
Fundraising
| Candidate | Receipts | Disbursements | Cash on Hand | Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Risch (R) | $1,339,302 | $630,796 | $940,697 | $0 |
| Nels Mitchell (D) | $149,218 | $59,311 | $89,907 | $5,000 |
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Jim Risch (R) |
Nels Mitchell (D) |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBS News/NYT/YouGov | October 16–23, 2014 | 575 | ± 6% | 61% | 30% | — | 9% |
| Public Policy Polling | October 9–12, 2014 | 522 | ± 4.3% | 50% | 32% | — | 18% |
| CBS News/NYT/YouGov | September 20–October 1, 2014 | 594 | ± 5% | 64% | 27% | 0% | 8% |
| CBS News/NYT/YouGov | August 18–September 2, 2014 | 844 | ± 4% | 59% | 25% | 0% | 16% |
| CBS News/NYT/YouGov | July 5–24, 2014 | 696 | ± 4.2% | 62% | 31% | 1% | 6% |
| Rasmussen Reports | May 28–29, 2014 | 750 | ± 4% | 54% | 29% | 6% | 11% |
Results
| U.S. Senate election in Idaho, 2014[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Jim Risch (Incumbent) | 285,596 | 65.33 | |
| Democratic | Nels Mitchell | 151,574 | 34.67 | |
| Majority | 134,022 | 30.66% | ||
| Total votes | 437,170 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
See also
References
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